SAA 03, 022 (P336601)
Literary Work, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 03, 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336601 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary Work |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | When he [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Elam to [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | The king did not agree [to ......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | In [his] great wrath, the lord of kings [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | until he had destroyed the camp [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | and looted their gods, [......] the kin[g], |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | rav[aged] their graves, [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | The king of Elam alone [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | When Ummanaldasi [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | He cried out and Nabû-[bel-šumati ......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | to the presence of the king [......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | With you [......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | Nabû-bel-šumati [......] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | Come and [......] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | He is a strong king [......] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | I am [......] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | He [......] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | Like [......] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | The king of Elam [......] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | The magnates [......] |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | Nabû-bel-šumati [......] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | [Iq]išâ together with [......] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | The messengers [......] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 27'27'–o 27'27' | [...] Elam ...[......] |
| Obverse [27:30] o 28'28'– | (Break) |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] of the king [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] treaty [......] |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | (Break) |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] with the lord of king[s ......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | They heard [......] ...[......]: |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010–r 1212 | This is a strong king [......]! Mullissu and the Lady of Arbela [......]; he has no enemy who can rebel against his treaty [and escape unpunished]! |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | With my whole heart I bless my lord, the sun of all the lands, the divine light of his father's house! |
| Reverse [14:17] r 1515–r 1717 | May Aššur and Bel bless you, may Nabû strengthen your bow! May Mullissu and the Lady of Arbela lengthen your reign for ever! May they bestow upon you the lives of the kings of all the lands! |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] a ṣab ⸢ṭu⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣ ša ⸢id⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ki-i šu-u [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {kur}NIM.MA{ki} a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ul i-man-gur ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | EN LUGAL-MEŠ ina šu-hu-uṭ ⸢ŠA₃-bi⸣-[šu₂ x x x x x] | |
| 8' | a-di ma-dak-tu₂ ih-pu-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | DINGIR-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ih-bu-tu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | qu-bu-ra-te-šu₂-nu ih-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | MAN {kur}NIM.MA{ki} e-da-nu-⸢uš⸣-[šu₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | {1}um-man-al-da-si ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | il-sa-am-ma {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—[EN—MU-MEŠ x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | a-na IGI LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | it-ti-ka ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | {1}{d}PA—EN—⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | al-kam-ma [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | MAN dan-nu ⸢šu⸣-[u₂ x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | a-na-ku {1}[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | šu-u₂ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21' | ki-i ⸢ik⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22' | MAN {kur}NIM.⸢MA⸣{[ki} x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 23' | {lu₂}GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 24' | {1}{d}PA—EN—⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 25' | {1}⸢BA⸣-ša₂-a EN ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 26' | {[lu₂]}A—KIN-MEŠ {[lu₂]}A—KIN-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 27' | [x] {kur}NIM{ki} ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 28' | {1}⸢ba⸣-a-e {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 29' | [x x] BE ṣir [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x (x)] ⸢ša⸣ MAN [x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x (x)] a-de-e [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x (x)] gab ah [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ BE lu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ha KUR ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢ṣi-it⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x]-ni ša [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] TA EN MAN-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | iš-mu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x (x)] ⸢ni⸣ da lu [x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | a-ga-a LUGAL dan-nu ⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | {d}NIN.LIL₂ u₃ {d}be-lat—{uru}arba-[il₃] {d}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ge-ru-šu ul ib-ba-aš₂-ši ša ina a-de-šu₂ ib-ba-⸢al-ki-tu⸣ [x x (x)] | |
| 13 | a-na-ku ina gab-bi ŠA₃-bi-ia a-na EN-ia ak-ta-nar-rab | |
| 14 | {d}UTU ša KUR.KUR {d}IZI.GAR ša E₂—AD-šu₂ E₂—AD-šu₂ | |
| 15 | aš-šur u₃ {d}EN lik-ru-bu-ka {d}PA lu-dan-ni-na {giš}BAN-ka | |
| 16 | {d}NIN.LIL₂ u {d}be-⸢lat—{uru⸣}arba-il₃ LUGAL-ut-ka lu-ur-ri-ka a-na da-ra-te | |
| 17 | ša LUGAL-MEŠ ša KUR.KUR ba-laṭ-su-nu li-qi₂-šu-nik-ka | |
Sources & licences
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